Patents by Inventor Benjamin Hickman

Benjamin Hickman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260323110
    Abstract: A television system comprising a housing, a primary screen in the housing, the primary screen configured to display first content, the first content including linear digital content, a secondary screen in the housing, the secondary screen configured to display second content, the secondary screen having a height less than the primary screen, an audio source disposed in the housing, the audio source configured to output audio associated with at least one of the first content and the second content, a user input device configured to receive one or more user commands, and a processor configured to display the first content on the primary screen and an electronic programming guide on the secondary screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Inventors: Ilya Pozin, Sascha Prueter, Benjamin Hickman, Stephen Shannon
  • Publication number: 20260313188
    Abstract: A television system may include a housing and a primary screen and a secondary screen in the housing. The secondary screen may have a height that is less than the primary screen. The television system may include an audio source configured to output audio associated with at least one of the first content and the second content. While displaying first content on the primary screen, the television system may be configured to display, on the secondary screen, second content. The second content may include at least one system user interface application. The television system may configure at least one of the first content, the second content, and the audio by using the at least one system user interface application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Ilya Pozin, Shervin Pishevar, Sascha Prueter, Eric Loes, Benjamin Hickman, Stephen Shannon, Nanda Rao
  • Publication number: 20260310397
    Abstract: System and method for video conferencing on a dual screen television are disclosed. A disclosed television system comprises a housing, a primary screen in the housing configured to display first content including linear digital content, a secondary screen in the housing configured to display second content and having a height less than the primary screen, an audio source disposed in the housing configured to output audio associated with at least one of the first content and the second content, a user input device configured to receive one or more user commands, and a processor. The processor is configured to display the first content on the primary screen and the second content associated with a video conference on the secondary screen at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Ilya Pozin, Sascha Prueter, Benjamin Hickman, Eric Loes, Rex Ching, John Hwang, Joseph Yao Hua Chu, Shervin Pishevar
  • Patent number: 9986769
    Abstract: Disclosed is an atomizer that comprises a transparent, elongated e-liquid cartridge enclosed in a transparent, elongated outer cylinder that creates a well-defined smoke-flowing interlayer or pathway that leads from an atomization tube mounted on the distal end of the outer cylinder to a cigarette holder disposed at its proximal end. The atomization tube contains a heating coil in a porcelain cup in contact with an e-liquid rope or wick extruding from an e-liquid guiding head that seals the e-liquid cartridge at its distal end. Mounted on the atomization tube are two conductive members that connect with the heating coil and with an appropriate battery assembly containing an air-flow sensor that provides an electric charge when a smoker inhales. A smoker's inhalation also creates negative pressure within the interlayer pathway and the cartridge causing e-liquid to permeate the wick for vaporization. The resulting vapor or smoke travels to the cigarette holder and smoker via the interlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Lily Liu, Fu Yuan Cai, Benjamin Hickman